Age (on Election Day): 62 Party affiliation: Republican Occupation: Mining Community organizations: Master of the Rumford Grange; Knights of Pythius; Oxford County Mineral Club Hobbies, activities etc.: Fishing, hunting, farming, minerals, mining Family status: Divorced Years in Legislature: 0 Clean Election candidate? Yes Committee assignments wanted: Wherever I am needed most. What is the most […]
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J. Martin: Campaign signs disappearing
I have not seen one campaign sign for Democrats vandalized in more than 12,000 miles of traveling around Oxford County since July 9. My signs in particular, and other signs for Republican candidates, have been taken from key locations with Democratic signs “mystically” manifesting themselves in the same place. My signs are being taken out […]
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T. Cox: Will listen to people’s concerns
I met Joe Martin, who is running for State Senate, District 18, and found him to be very informed and knowledgeable about the issues facing Maine’s middle class. As a small-business owner, he is a great listener and understands that the seat he hopes to occupy in the Senate belongs to the people and he […]
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S. Weld: Refreshingly honest
My husband and I had the pleasure to sit and enjoy coffee with Joe Martin (running for Senate District 18). We found him to be very candid about what he stood for which was, in his words, doing what is best for the people he would represent, not party lines. He was refreshingly honest. Martin […]
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G. Knight: Will really help folks
Sen. John Patrick of Rumford recently informed me that he “owned” his Senate seat and would be re-elected without campaigning. Yet, he took $23,500 from the Clean Election Fund and has placed huge signs district-wide. When an official thinks he “owns” a seat, he has been in office too long. Thankfully, there is an alternative […]
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R. Bennett: Will represent everyone
As a former state senator from Oxford County, I am pleased to endorse Joe Martin for state Senate this year. A long-time job creator in the Rumford area, Martin has deep family roots in this county. His father was a physician who delivered 2,800 babies locally; his grandfather cut hair for 45 years in the […]